Idiazábal cheese artisan What do we find in this product? Ripened cheese, made with raw milk of latxa sheep. A wonderful idiazabal cheese with protected designation of origin, in integer format natural. Idiazábal cheese artisan crafted in a small cheese dairy that has won major awards the last few years. Awards and Protected Designation of Origin cheese Idiazabal This Idiazábal cheese has the seal of authentication of Protected Designation of origin, which includes rigorous requirements of cheese-making (both its location of production, and healing as their ingredients). This Idiazábal cheese has the recognition, endorsed by two global awards, the Award World Cheese 2016-17 Gold Medal Award World Cheese 2018-2019 Silver Medal Award World Cheese 2018-2019 Medal Bonze How is the idiazabal cheese? The idiazábal cheese is a cheese made in the Basque Country-based milk of latxa sheep, a native breed raised by the shepherds basque generations ago. It is not as white as the goat or cow. The smell is usually intense and characteristic. On the basis of the time and area of milk production can detect different intensities of the aromas that are spicy, acidic, and sweet.In general it is a cheese, compact, with an elasticity not very pronounced, fairly firm, where they can detect granular parts to chew on it, without getting clumpy. Your color, fairly homogeneous encompasses shades from ivory to straw-yellow; and its flavour is quite intense (characteristic of the milk matured). A pairing is different for each cheese It is popularly known that the cheeses paired with the wine, especially if it is red. There is a rule of taxation concerning the harmonious relationship between wine and cheese. At the time of sample a table it is important to find the balance of a wine which will harmonize in a general way with most of the cheeses and that's going depending also on personal taste. The recommendations for the idiazábal cheese, are the following wines (although in matters of taste, can be combined in the best way for each one): Red wines Rioja or Ribera del Duero wines, also the white wines combine very well with the flavor of this cheese. In addition, the Idiazábal cheese is consumed frequently with sweet products (such as fruit jams, honey, quince paste and dried fruit), and salty (stuffed peppers, iberian ham or anchovies). Ingredients Raw milk of latxa sheep